Zakaria faces 13 charges

PETALING JAYA (July 18, 2007): For constructing a mansion without approval and defaulting on assessement fees for 11 years, all he got was a slap on the wrist; for serving as a senator while a bankrupt, he got away scot free. But it seems that luck is running out for Port Klang assemblyman Datuk Zakaria Md Deros.
On Friday (July 20), he is expected to appear in a Kuala Lumpur sessions court to face 13 charges under the Companies' Act 1965.
Each charge comes with a fine of up to RM30,000 and five years jail.
Zakaria will be charged with four other directors of Harvest Court Industries Bhd with not notifying the Companies Commission (CC) of Harvest Court's change of address under Section 120 of the act.
Harvest Court will be charged separately with the same offence.
Zakaria, who is also a director of Titi Steel Sdn Bhd, will also be charged with another director of the company with not holding the annual general meeting from 2002 to 2005, an offence under Section 143.
The two Titi Steel directors will also be charged with failure to submit financial statements from 2002 to 2005 under Section 165, and failure to submit profit and loss accounts from 2001 to 2004 under Section 169.
Titi Steel will be charged separately with all the above offences relating to Sections 143, 165 and 169.
Officers from the CC served the summons on Zakaria and the other directors yesterday..
It is learnt that the CC is also preparing prosecution papers against Zakaria for not vacating his post as a director of Masmanis Sdn Bhd, despite being declared a bankrupt.
Zakaria was declared a bankrupt between Sept 10 and Nov 24, 1992, but continued to hold the post of director of Masmanis.
He was also a senator during that period but did not vacate his seat in the Dewan Negara then.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court (commercial division) had on June 21, allowed an application brought by two secretaries of Masmanis to declare Zakaria's position as director null and void.
Justice Datuk Kang Hwee Gee had remarked in his judgment that Zakaria had committed a crime under the Companies Act for not vacating his post.

tunku : people like zakaria brings embarrassment to party like umno. if he has pride and self respect etc, he should quit mainstream politics.he as one of the law broke so many laws.